Cathay Pacific celebrated a big anniversary this year – the Hong Kong-based carrier is marking 50 years since it began flights into Australia in 1974.

The seat | 22G on flight CX101 on a Boeing 777-300ER in the middle of the cabin, with easy access to the bathrooms. The seat is 53cm wide and reclines to 190.5cm when fully flat as a bed. (The new Aria product is almost identical, the length is the same, seat is ever so slightly wider at 53.3 cm, and Aria business class has the privacy of a sliding door.)